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Latin America is still unbalanced by the asymmetry problemhttps://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/dec/13/latin-america-political-economic-imbalance
Brazil seeks a way to turn its growing economic strength into regional political influence<p>It was billed, as is often the case, as The Hugo Chávez Show: December's inaugural summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States in Caracas, a 33-state meeting from which the US, deliberately excluded, was a notable absence.</p><p>But if Chávez had hoped hosting the first ever Celac conference would help him reconstruct his waning status as a regional leader, many believe it did the exact opposite. Michael Shifter, president of the Washington-based thinktank<a href="http://www.thedialogue.org/" title=""> Inter-American Dialogue</a>, said: "His confrontational agenda towards the United States just didn't get a lot of traction. Most of the region's heads of state are not in the mood to have an antagonistic relationship with the US."</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/dec/13/latin-america-political-economic-imbalance">Continue reading...</a>World newsBrazilDilma RousseffHugo ChávezBoliviaVenezuelaEcuadorParaguayPeruAmericasTue, 13 Dec 2011 17:00:10 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/dec/13/latin-america-political-economic-imbalancePhotograph: Emilio Morenatti/APBrazilian peacekeepers in Haiti. Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/APPhotograph: Emilio Morenatti/APBrazilian peacekeepers in Haiti. Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/APTom Phillips2011-12-13T17:00:10Z